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Germans from Russia DRAFT ~ GENEALOGICAL Research OUTLINE Germans From Russia DRAFT ~ GENEALOGICAL REsEARCH OUTLINE thousands of colonists from Germany, largely because of the This outline will introduce you to sources and following incentives. strategies for researching your German-Russian heritage. The Family History Library has a sig­ ~ Free transportation to Russia nificant number of materials to help. Most of the ~ Large tracts of free land, plenty Library's holdings are available on microfilm ofwater, free timber and can be used at the library in Salt Lake City ~ The free exercise of religion or ordered at one of the family history centers. ~ Interest-free loans for purchasing You can determine whether the library has equipment specific records by using the Family History ~ Freedom from taxes for ten to Library Catalog". This catalog is available on thirty years, depending on the microfiche and on compact disc computer area of settlement format. You can use it at the library in Salt Lake ~ Exemption from military service City or at any of the family history centers. .for themselves and their descendants You can obtain the address of the family history ~ Local self-government in colonies center nearest you by writing: 1764-1767 German colonies are founded along Family History Library the Volga River. Isolated colonies are 35 North West Temple Street founded in the Ukraine (including Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Belovesh) and around St. Petersburg. IMPoRTANT DATES IN THE HISTORY 1786 The first Black Sea colony, Alt Danzig, is founded. OF THE GERMANS FROM RUSSIA 1789-1790 German Mennonite colonies are As Imperial Russia expanded, a great need founded in the Khortitsa district in developed for capable and industrious workers, the south Russian province of especially farmers, to settle these new and often Taurida. unsafe lands. Many Germans, eager to improve their positions in life, began to colonize in 1804 Czar Alexander I invites colonists to Russia. As their colonies grew, the Germans settle in the Black Sea region of developed more land and established "daughter South Russia. colonies." Many of these Russian Germans later emigrated to the United States, Canada, and 1804-1827 German colonies are founded in the South America. The timetable here lists Black Sea region. Colonies are,estab­ important events in the history of the Germans in lished in the Odessa and Beresan Russia. districts of Kherson province, in.the Molotschna district in Taurida,· and 1762 Catherine the Great issues first mani­ in the Crimea. festo inviting foreigners to settle in Russia. No response. 1813 Alexander I invites colonists to settle in Bessarabia province. (This was 1763 Catherine the Great issues second territory acquired from Turkey in manifesto inviting foreigners to settle 1812.) in Russia. This time it attracts 1814-1842 German colonies are founded in 1854-1859 German Mennonite colonies founded Bessarabia. near Samara on the Volga river. 1816 Two German colonies are founded in 1861 Russian serfs are emancipated. eastern Volhynia near Novograd­ Volynskiy. 1860-1875 Germans settle in the Volhynia in large numbers. They are encouraged 1817-1818 German colonies are founded in the by Russian noblemen needing peas­ North Caucasus (also called Trans­ ants to farm their lands. But they do caucasia) and South Caucasus. not enjoy the favored status offered to earlier German colonists. 1822-1832 German colonies founded in the Molotschna area of eastern Ukraine 1871 The Imperial Russian government near Berdyansk on the Black Sea and repeals the manifestos of Catherine in the Mariupol district (also called the Great and Alexander I. The Planer or Gronau district). German colonists were to ~ their special status and privill:ges and 1831-1832 Germans from Russian Poland settle become subject to Russian military in western Volhynia near Lutsk and service after a ten year grace period. ~ Rovno. 1872-1873 Several groups emigrate from the 1849 A group of German colonists from Odessa area to Nebraska and the the Beresan district emigrate to Ohio. Dakotas. Scouts from other Black Areas of German Colonization •~ In Russia Samara BeIovesh \ Beresan '\ South Caucasus You can also get information about village co­ Rath, George. The Black Sea Germans in the ordinators as well as about how to become one Dakotas. Freeman, SO: Pine Hill Press, yourself by writing to one of the following 1977. chairpersons (include a stamped addressed enve­ lope): Copyright • 1992 by Corporatioo of the President ofThe Carol Harless Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All Rights 595 Camellia Way Reserved. Printed in USA. Los Altos, California 94024 The Family HislDry Library. Second DRAFT Edition, Margaret Freeman September 1995. dIllS (MDraft Editioo" indicates that this 1015 22nd Street publieatioo, although used for expediency, has not been Santa Monica, California 90402 officially completed and may have deficiencies. Copying is prohibited.) BmLIOGRAPHY Family HislDry Library CaIaIog is a trademark of the Corporation of the President of The Church ofJesus The following are books of interest to those with Christ of Latter.<Jay Saints. No part of this document German-Russian ancestry. These and many other may be reproduced in any form without the prior written books about the German-Russians are available permission of the publisher. Send all requests for such in the collection of the Family History Library. permission to: Many of these are available on microfilm or Copyrights and Permissions Coordinator microfiche and can be ordered at Family History Family HislDry Department SO East North Temple Street Centers. To find Family History Library book Salt Lake City, UT 84150 and film numbers, and to fmd additional titles, see the subject eata10g of the Family History Library Catalog on microfiche under the heading GERMANS - RUSSIA. Geisinger, Adam. From Catherine to Khrushchev; the story ofRussia's Germans. Battleford, Saskatchewan: Marian Press, 1974. Koch, Fred C. The Volga Germans in Russia and the Americas. from 1763 to the PresellJ. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977. Miller, Michael M. Researching the Germans from Russia: Annotated Bibliography of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at the Nonh Dakota State University Library; with a Listing ofthe Clio 71 S. Library Materials at the Germans from 11ft) Russia Heritage Society. Fargo, NO: IN North Dakota Institute for Regional 111f~ Studies, 1987. Cj 17-5 J~) 8 Black Sea migrants, respectively.) Ackermann is found under 58 (page 683) and 73 8. References or additional infonnation are at (page 684). times provided. The following are included: a) RL stands for Revision List or Census SOCIETIES, LmRARIES, AND .ARCHIVES List. These imIiiigration lists provide infor­ mation only for the Black Sea area for the There are several organizations in the United years 1816; partly for 1811, 1808 and 1858. States and Canada that foster and promote The Revision Lists are found on pages 499 Russian-German culture, history, and genealogy. to 972. There is a place name index to the Revision lists on pages 1015 and 1016. b ) American Historical Society of Germans PL stands for Passport Lists. These lists (I from Russia through VIII) are for a small part of the 631 D Street Black Sea colonies. These provide the itiner­ Lincoln, Nebraska 68502-1199 ary from Germany to Russia. These lists are Telephone (402) 474-3363 found on pages 973 to 1014. c) CK stands for Conrad Keller. Conrad Keller published Germans from Russia Heritage Society names in his book, The Gel7TUJn Colonies In 1008 East Central Avenue South Russia noted earlier. d) OW stands for Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 the book by Karl Stumpp Ostwanderung der Telephone (701) 223-6167 WQrttemberger 1816-1822. (Emigration from Wiirttemberg to the East 1816-1822). This Society for Ancestral Research of lists names of migrants. (Not available at the Germans from Poland & Family History Library) e) Jb stands for Wolhynia Jahrbuch des DAI (Yearbook of the DAI). 3492 West 39th Avenue Published 1929 in Stuttgart. (Not available at Vancouver, British Columbia the Family History Library) 1) Abbreviations Canada V6N 3A2 and such symbols as *, +, and co are ex­ Telephone (604) 263-3458 plained on pages 117, 167 and 204. These organizations sell books and maps and EXAMPLE; produce membership publications of interest and value to those of Russian-German heritage. Ackermann, Johannes, Ww., 41 J., aus HeutensbauchlBacknang-Wu, 1819, nach VllLAGE COORDINATORS HoffnungstaI/Od; RL: 58, 73 S.: Johannes 11, Christian 9. Genealogical research in the German colonies in Russia will, in time, be greatly facilitated by the Johannes Ackermann was a widower, age 41, recently instituted system of village coordinators. when he migrated from Heutensbauch I These are individuals who coordinate the gather­ Backnang in Wiirttemberg (Germany) in 1819 to ing of information and compiling data-bases HoffnungstaI, Odessa District Russia. More about the inhabitants of specific villages. You information is given in Revision Lists 58 and 73. are encouraged to share your family information His sons, Johannes 11 and Christian 9, were with the village coordinator for the village your with him. ancestors came from. You may also benefit from information already submitted by others. A list To find Revision List 58 and 73, tum to page of villages and village coordinators is available 1015 and 1016 and find HoffnungstaI/Od. at the Family History Library (in the "Germans Ackermann migrated to Hoffnungstal/Od. The in Russia" reference binder by the European lists for HoffnungstaIl Od. are found on page reference counter on Basement level I). 678. The information pertaining to Johannes 7 Russian-Americap Genealogical Archive Service Aberle, George P. Monsignor. Pioneers and (RAGAS). You may request bilingual research their Sons. Bismark, N.D.: Tumbleweed application forms by contacting: Press, 1980. (Family History Library US/Canada collection book number RAGAS 978.4 D3a; FHL film number 1,035,608 1929 18th Street, NW items 1 and 2) Washington, DC 20009 Volume one includes 165 and volume two 2,120 REcORDS IN NORTII AMERICA family histories of Catholic families in and around Stark county, North Dakota.
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